This document provides information on three artworks by Dennis Ryan that illustrate different phobias. The first artwork titled "70 Percent" depicts dysmorphophobia, mysophobia, meningitophobia, and chiraptophobia through the concepts of fornication, phallus, desolation, recluse, and existentialism. The second piece "Burn Barrel" represents germaphobia, aerophobia, chrometophobia, and dysmorphophobia through embarrassment, perception, paranoia, anxiety, and shame. The final work "Hooked" portrays agoraphobia, mysophobia, meningitophobia, and chiraptophobia related to

1. PHOBIAS
Illustrated in Art

2. Phobia art by Dennis Ryan "70
Percent"
■ Medium: oils, wood-cut, lacquer thinner, Liquin, spray paint
■ Substrate: primed wood panel
■ Dimensions: 24 inches (.61 meters) wide by 32 inches (.81 meters)
high
■ Principles of art: emphasis, contrast, pattern/rhythm
■ Elements of art: space, shape, line, form, color
■ Concepts:
– Phobias — Dysmorphophobia, Mysophobia,
Meningitophobia, Chiraptophobia
– Fornication
– Phallus
– Desolation
– Recluse
– Existentialism
http://www.kickthefaucet.com/fine_art/paintings/burn_barrel_
acrylic_on_wood.html

3. Anxiety art by Dennis Ryan "Burn
Barrel"
■ Medium: oils, wood-cut, fire, masking tape
■ Substrate: primed wood panel
■ Dimensions: 32 inches (.81 meters) wide by 24 inches
(.61 meters) high
■ Principles of art: emphasis, contrast
■ Elements of art: space, shape, line, form, color
■ Concepts:
– Phobias — Germaphobia, Aerophobia,
Chrometophobia, Dysmorphophobia
– Embarrassment
– Perception
– Paranoia
– Anxiety
– Shame

4. Fine art by Dennis Ryan "Hooked"
■ Medium: oils, acrylics, lacquer thinner, Liquin, spray paint
■ Substrate: primed wood panel
■ Dimensions: 32 inches (.81 meters) wide by 24 inches (.61 meters)
high
■ Principles of art: unity, emphasis, contrast
■ Elements of art: space, shape, line, form, color
■ Concepts:
– Phobias — Agoraphobia, Mysophobia, Meningitophobia,
Chiraptophobia
– Factory Farming
– Mad Cow
– Desolation
– Recluse
– Existentialism

5. http://www.cbc.ca/arts/16-fright-inducing-
artworks-for-every-kind-of-phobia-
1.3294977

6. "Acrophobia, the Fear of High Places."
■ http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vau
lt/2014/02/04/john_vassos_art_deco
_visions_of_the_phobias_of_moder
n_life.html

7. "Aichmophobia, the Fear of Sharp and
Pointed Objects."